"If we weigh our educational systems in terms of communication instruction, we find that almost all of the formal attention is given to teaching reading and writing, some is given to speaking and almost none is paid to listening."—Ralph Nichols and Leonard Stephens, Are You Listening? Although this epigraph was first published in 1957, its sentiment appears to still hold true in the present-day United States. We unfortunately do not have a culture that values listening.